Chocolate - Peppermint Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 cupcrushed peppermint candies or candy canes
3 ounces bittersweet chocolate

Preparation

Cream together butter, sugars and vanilla. Add egg and beat until smooth. Mix together flour, creamof tartar and salt and stir into butter mixture. Sir in peppermint candies. Shape dough into a log. Wrap dough in wax paper and seal in a plastic bag and refrigeraate for several hour until firm. dough may be frozen for 2 weeks.
When ready to bake, preheat oven to 400. Slice dough log into rounds about 1/8 of an inch thick. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet until lightly browned. Cool completely on wire racks. Melt chocolate . Dip cooled cookies half way into melted chocolate. Place dipped cookies on wax paper lined cookie sheet and refrigerate until firm. Serve at room temprature.